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The warm breeze, late evening sunsets and children’s laughter as they play outside – these are some of my favorite things about Summertime. Summer inspires me to take extra moments in my day to just soak in my environment – to enjoy simple, easy living and the freedom that comes from not having to plan ahead to bundle up to go outside or scrape snow off the car before driving like in the certain chilly months to come.

When I think of easy, simply delicious summer food, fruit is the first thing that comes to mind: perfectly ripe, seasonal, juicy, lovely fruit. I made this dish last night and it was so delightful, I absolutely could not wait to share it with you!

Baked Summer Plums

I fell in love with this dish right from the start for two reasons: it incorporates healthy and local ingredients for a fantastic alternative to sugary desserts and, maybe even more importantly, it indulges my love for the produce section! It’s a little ridiculous how much I enjoy the process of picking out good produce, but in this age of pre-packaged, pre-made everything, using your all of your senses to choose exactly the fruit or vegetable that you want feels so down-to-earth to me.

Plums are one of those stone fruits that I typically accidentally overlook – it’s not flashy, it’s not exotic, but it IS delicious…and it’s sweet, tart flavor and really comes out when it’s slowly baked in the oven. This recipe does call for a little bit of sugar sprinkled on the tops of the plum halves before baking, but the sugar could be left out completely and the dish would taste every bit as good….on the other hand, you could go the other way and caramelize the tops of the plum halves with sugar and a torch/broiler after they bake for a crunchy, sugar coating!

Heat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place plums cut side up on sheet, brush with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until soft and some juices run off, about 15 minutes. Divide among 4 bowls, top each with 2 tablespoons yogurt, sprinkle with nuts and drizzle with honey.

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Professionally, I'm a Corporate Trainer....to my favourite 4 year old, I'm Mom! I live in a little apartment in Minneapolis and try to spend as many moments possible doing what we love and bringing those fun successes and (sometimes even more fun!) failures to your computer screen.